Live Webinar March 19th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

This webinar will define what it means to take a consultative approach to program management by identifying the eight key guiding principles as well as several strategies for applying such principles to your programs.

The business environment has been evolving over the last several decades because of many factors including a volatile economy, growth in technology, increased competition and demanding customers and shareholders.

Companies are also taking larger bets with technology as a means of competitive advantage. The result has been a rise in large and complex programs for many companies. These programs usually span many years, cost millions or even tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to run, involve many people from across the organization and usually also include vendors and partners from other companies.

While programs are getting larger and more complex, at the same time the success rate of programs remains low.

In order to manage programs in this environment, it is imperative to take a “consultative approach” to running them. A consultative approach involves managing these programs with a core set of guiding principles and utilizing them across every function of the program.

Kerry Wills will define what it means to take a consultative approach by identifying the eight key guiding principles and then propose several strategies to enable Program Managers to be successful in the new landscape by applying them to their programs.

Presenter: Kerry Wills PMP (LinkedIn profile) climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2000. He spent months designing his approach, preparing the equipment, training for endurance and executing the plan. His impressive Keynote address Summitting Mt. Kilimanjaro: A Project Management Case Study (1 Cat A – more info) has presented to many PMI® Chapters and is available as a recorded session from ITMPI.

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Live Webinar March 19th, 2013 – 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Risk Management CoP (REP #S048)

The use of quantitative modelling to set project cost contingencies is not yet a mature discipline.

Practices in common use today range from the most rudimentary methods that predate the use of quantitative modelling to cutting edge techniques that have only come into use in the last decade.

This webinar outlines some of the forces driving developments in these methods and summarises the present situation before offering recommendations on practices to adopt from here on.

Presenter: Dr. Stephen Grey (LinkedIn profile) is the author of ‘Practical Risk Assessment for Project Management‘, and co-author of ‘Project Risk Management Guidelines – Managing Risk with ISO 31000 and IEC 62198‘. Stephen was Secretary of the UK Association for the PM Risk Management SIG for three years and one of the authors of the first edition of the APM’s PRAM guide. Currently Stephen is an Associate Director of Broadleaf Capital international.

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Live Webinar March 19th 2014, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

This session provides attendees with hands on techniques for determining the outcome of their projects before the project really gets rolling.

This session is about facts, and presents extensive research from IAG’s new Business Analysis Benchmark Study to help project managers build a predictive risk assessment model.

This session puts the intake and requirements gathering process of the project lifecycle under the microscope to determine what actions project managers can take to more consistently achieve a successful outcome on their projects.

Learning Objectives:

1. Executive perspectives on making requirements change
2. Techniques for optimizing requirements discovery
3. The tactics of requirements competency development

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Live Webinar March 19th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Gain an understanding of project management fundamentals in an IT context.

This session will provide descriptions of basic project management phases and explain how they can be applied for project success.

Discuss how these project management deliverables can be leveraged to contribute to your projects being delivered on time.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar – March 20th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Manufacturers have known for decades the importance of continually improving processes to improve quality and reduce costs and Lean has been a powerful management tool to achieve these goals.

But Lean, which focuses on delivering value in the eyes of customer, is also an effective way of improving overall business performance when applied to processes outside of the manufacturing arena.

The question is, how can you wield it most effectively in non-traditional areas?

Learn to:

• Recognize the common gaps in the manufacturing process and how you can fill them in
• Understand new and more effective ways that Lean tools can be applied outside of manufacturing all the way to your customer and everything in between (service, distribution, etc.)
• Explore ways that you can apply these concepts to your organization

Presenters:

Bill Waddell (LinkedIn profile, website) is a global supply chain expert regarded as a leading expert in lean manufacturing. Through his consulting practice he has worked with manufacturers of all sizes throughout many continents. He is the author of Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation and Rebirth of American Industry, and many other materials. Bill is also one of the most widely read manufacturing bloggers on the Internet.

Nick Sampson is a Sales Engineer at iDatix Corporation. Armed with his CDIA+Nick wanted to help organizations become more efficient and streamlined so he came on board at iDatix. When he did, he began a deep dive into Process Automation and has helped companies like Lockheed Martin, Goodwill and ClosetMaid improve their processes and increase their profitability.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs
• 8.3 Control Quality

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

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